Summergen Recs 2018 - collation post
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amberdreamsI posted these in three separate posts so now I'm pulling all my recs together, with a last handful added into the mix as I'm catching up, and before reveals go live.
Apart from the fact my gift was fecking awesome, these are not in any order of preference and are a mix of art and fic. It's not the full sum of all the entries I loved either - but I could probably have listed 90% of them!
My gift was a twofer. Not only did I get a beautifully crafted fic, I got beautifully understated art too. It complements the story wonderfully, the colours are so soft and subtle, it's like a turtle dove, but with Winchesters in crisis included. Bonus!
Title: Sleeping With The Fishes
Recipient:
amberdreams
Rating: PG-13
Word Count or Media: 4350 words; digital art
Warnings:[click]
Author's Notes: For the prompt “a slender boy with a handgun,
a fast car, a bottle of pills”, because Siken. A big shout-out to my beta, Q, who’s the best at slapping my metaphor-happy hand. And a very happy Summergen to my giftee, Amberdreams! Brothers being brothers with an extra helping of Dean angst ahoy!
So yes, this hits all my buttons. Plenty of angst, sparse and emotional, tugging at the heartstrings like a master harper. Set in season 7, around my fave parts with Hallucifer rampant and Dean trying to cope.
Title: Aces and Eights
Title: Misplaced
Rating: PG13 (bad language)
Word Count: 3707
Warnings: Massive spoilers for Season 13 – so please heed this! Some mentions of previous violence to major character
Set post Season 13, with Dean restored to himself - this fic is such a cool idea. I can't say too much without giving away the main plot point, but it's well written, totally had me conflicted about who to root for, and has an ending that is both sad and happy.
Title: Leaving Las Vegas
Rating: PG-13
Word Count or Media: 7806
Warnings: some language
Summary: It's a simple case of a cursed book in a haunted bookshop. Except for the part where Sam and Dean are trapped in Las Vegas, there's a super-powered ghost, a strange poem, and a possible serial killer. No, the case isn't simple at all.
I love a good case fic with an imaginative twist, and this fic delivers. It's got a great mix of humour and suspense, and a pretty unique ghost.
Apart from the fact my gift was fecking awesome, these are not in any order of preference and are a mix of art and fic. It's not the full sum of all the entries I loved either - but I could probably have listed 90% of them!
My gift was a twofer. Not only did I get a beautifully crafted fic, I got beautifully understated art too. It complements the story wonderfully, the colours are so soft and subtle, it's like a turtle dove, but with Winchesters in crisis included. Bonus!
Title: Sleeping With The Fishes
Recipient:
Rating: PG-13
Word Count or Media: 4350 words; digital art
Warnings:[click]
Author's Notes: For the prompt “a slender boy with a handgun,
a fast car, a bottle of pills”, because Siken. A big shout-out to my beta, Q, who’s the best at slapping my metaphor-happy hand. And a very happy Summergen to my giftee, Amberdreams! Brothers being brothers with an extra helping of Dean angst ahoy!
So yes, this hits all my buttons. Plenty of angst, sparse and emotional, tugging at the heartstrings like a master harper. Set in season 7, around my fave parts with Hallucifer rampant and Dean trying to cope.
Title: Aces and Eights
Rating: PG-13. Some violence, not graphic.
Word Count: ~5000
Warnings: Character Death, Canon AU
Summary: After the Angel Apocalypse, stories might not seem all that important when faced with surviving day to day. But Bobby knows that some stories still need to be told. What better way to keep someone alive, even after they're gone?
In Apocaverse, Bobby's backstory, with bonus Rufus. Though this is written in the first person, it's WELL written. Bobby's POV is spot on, and this alternate version of the YED and the demon blood curse is really creepy-good.
In Apocaverse, Bobby's backstory, with bonus Rufus. Though this is written in the first person, it's WELL written. Bobby's POV is spot on, and this alternate version of the YED and the demon blood curse is really creepy-good.
Title: Misplaced
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~1900
Warnings: a bit of language
Summary: Dean facilitated a divine family reunion and God’s sister gifted him John Winchester. The world is upside-down—but they’ve rescued Sam, and doesn’t the world somehow (always) hinge on him? For the prompt: Season 12 Au where John was brought back to life instead of Mary.
This is so painful and so very good. The insights into both Dean and Sam's characters here are masterful. Seeing how John's return effectively wrecks Dean hurts so much. There's just so much packed into such a few words - Dean's love and respect for John that is now coloured so much by his recognition of where John failed them both - but mostly by where John failed Sam.
Title: Crossed Paths
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1754
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Disregards everything after the first Avengers film and roughly takes place in S8. Hopefully this was something like what you wanted, as it was definitely an interesting prompt to tackle.
Summary: For the prompt: MCU Crossover. Sam and Dean meet the MCU heroes when they return Mjölnir to Thor.
This is the sort of story that begs for a 'verse... The writer nails Thor's voice beautifully, and combines my two favourite fandoms in a lovely little nugget of a tale. I'd definitely read more if it was offered!
This is so painful and so very good. The insights into both Dean and Sam's characters here are masterful. Seeing how John's return effectively wrecks Dean hurts so much. There's just so much packed into such a few words - Dean's love and respect for John that is now coloured so much by his recognition of where John failed them both - but mostly by where John failed Sam.
Title: Crossed Paths
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1754
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: Disregards everything after the first Avengers film and roughly takes place in S8. Hopefully this was something like what you wanted, as it was definitely an interesting prompt to tackle.
Summary: For the prompt: MCU Crossover. Sam and Dean meet the MCU heroes when they return Mjölnir to Thor.
This is the sort of story that begs for a 'verse... The writer nails Thor's voice beautifully, and combines my two favourite fandoms in a lovely little nugget of a tale. I'd definitely read more if it was offered!
Title: Scorched Earth
Warnings: Major character death, and then some.
Summary: Inspired by this prompt: "How do you mourn angelic genocide?"
This whole fic is imbued with sadness in the best possible way.
Title: The Room Upstairs
Rating: Mature (see warnings)
Word Count or Media: 10.4k
Warnings: Violence, creepiness/grossness, implied/referenced noncon
Summary: Sam comes back from hell, but he’s inside-out and all wrong, and Dean can’t fix him
Beautifully written, utterly emotionally gripping, sad but with a happy-ish ending - and a very satisying alternative to Souless Sam.
Title: DoppelgangerSummary: Inspired by this prompt: "How do you mourn angelic genocide?"
This whole fic is imbued with sadness in the best possible way.
Title: The Room Upstairs
Rating: Mature (see warnings)
Word Count or Media: 10.4k
Warnings: Violence, creepiness/grossness, implied/referenced noncon
Summary: Sam comes back from hell, but he’s inside-out and all wrong, and Dean can’t fix him
Beautifully written, utterly emotionally gripping, sad but with a happy-ish ending - and a very satisying alternative to Souless Sam.
Title: Riptide
Rating: PG-13
Word Count or Media: 10k
Warnings: Canon-typical violence
Summary: Sam just wants to be a normal college student and normal college students go on spring break.
Of course, that’s when bodies begin washing up on the beach.
An engaging case fic, chock full of Stanford era angst. Kept firmly in Sam's POV this gives us ominous foreshadowing for Brady's future role, Sam's burgeoning relationship with Jess, and a nice meaty conflict between Sam's hunting instincts and his desire to make his alternative future work.
An engaging case fic, chock full of Stanford era angst. Kept firmly in Sam's POV this gives us ominous foreshadowing for Brady's future role, Sam's burgeoning relationship with Jess, and a nice meaty conflict between Sam's hunting instincts and his desire to make his alternative future work.
Rating: PG13 (bad language)
Word Count: 3707
Warnings: Massive spoilers for Season 13 – so please heed this! Some mentions of previous violence to major character
Set post Season 13, with Dean restored to himself - this fic is such a cool idea. I can't say too much without giving away the main plot point, but it's well written, totally had me conflicted about who to root for, and has an ending that is both sad and happy.
Title: Fledgling
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 7,700
Warnings: Child abuse and neglect, drug abuse
Summary: When four-year-old Emma arrives the Bunker, Sam wonders exactly what it is that Cas brought him—what he made without his soul.
This one charmed my cynical heart right out of my chest - such a lovely yet heartbreaking look at what fatherhood might be for a Winchester, and particularly for Sam. Ranging from initial terror to unconditional love. Simply lovely.
This one charmed my cynical heart right out of my chest - such a lovely yet heartbreaking look at what fatherhood might be for a Winchester, and particularly for Sam. Ranging from initial terror to unconditional love. Simply lovely.
Title: Leaving Las Vegas
Rating: PG-13
Word Count or Media: 7806
Warnings: some language
Summary: It's a simple case of a cursed book in a haunted bookshop. Except for the part where Sam and Dean are trapped in Las Vegas, there's a super-powered ghost, a strange poem, and a possible serial killer. No, the case isn't simple at all.
I love a good case fic with an imaginative twist, and this fic delivers. It's got a great mix of humour and suspense, and a pretty unique ghost.
Title: Freeport, Illinois
Recipient: :
ammcj062
ammcj062Rating: PG for language
Word Count: 9300
Warnings: none
Summary: June, 1998. John has left Sam and Dean in a small Illinois town while he is working. Two teenage boys, not much money, and time to kill…
This was such a perfect slice of pre season life, full of the richness of the brotherly relationship prior to Stanford, and just enough foreshadowing in Sam's POV to give it that edge. There's a great and vivid description of work behind the scenes in a busy diner, some classic banter between Sam and Dean, and a delightful day off for the boys, which made me smile so hard that the inevitable ending with John's return was all the more painful. All that without it being a bitter Sam hating John fic.
Title: [untitled]
Recipient:brightly_lit
Rating: PG
Media: digital art
Warnings: none
Artist's notes: Hope you like it! I hope we do have a story (or two, or fifty!) out of this prompt! Should be fun to read and dwell in this world.
Summary: Prompt 3: Jack grew up as the younger brother of Sam and Dean--just a regular kid with profound powers trying to hide from his hunter family that he's the son of Lucifer.
A summery piece of art with great compostiion and colouring, and a really cute Jack right in the middle.
This was such a perfect slice of pre season life, full of the richness of the brotherly relationship prior to Stanford, and just enough foreshadowing in Sam's POV to give it that edge. There's a great and vivid description of work behind the scenes in a busy diner, some classic banter between Sam and Dean, and a delightful day off for the boys, which made me smile so hard that the inevitable ending with John's return was all the more painful. All that without it being a bitter Sam hating John fic.
Title: [untitled]
Recipient:
brightly_litRating: PG
Media: digital art
Warnings: none
Artist's notes: Hope you like it! I hope we do have a story (or two, or fifty!) out of this prompt! Should be fun to read and dwell in this world.
Summary: Prompt 3: Jack grew up as the younger brother of Sam and Dean--just a regular kid with profound powers trying to hide from his hunter family that he's the son of Lucifer.
A summery piece of art with great compostiion and colouring, and a really cute Jack right in the middle.
Rating: PG-13 for language
Word Count: ~10K
Warnings: Depictions of show-level gore
Summary: Sam Winchester's life has been touched by many things - love, loss, fear, hope, pain, and always, in the background, witchcraft.
Lots of other people have recc'd this one, and for good reason. I had the pleasure of beta'ing it, which consisted of me saying - don't change a thing!
Lots of other people have recc'd this one, and for good reason. I had the pleasure of beta'ing it, which consisted of me saying - don't change a thing!
Title: Saints Preserve Us
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Wordcount: 9,600
Summary: Dean has convinced Sam that Mark of Cain or not, he’s still perfectly capable of a straightforward salt and burn. Hint: he may have exaggerated slightly. Meanwhile, the Fates are locked in a bureaucratic battle with Heaven over the supply of basic utilities and are just generally dysfunctional. These things are not unrelated.
This is a case fic and it has hurt!Dean so there are two of my hot buttons for starters, but I'd say read this one for the dialogue. The Winchester interactions are so in character, and their voices are fabulous. I'm always envious of people who can write banter like this. Plus the three Fates are so wonderfully brought to life almost solely through their verbal interactions - acerbic, rambling, imapatient and a lot of fun.
This is a case fic and it has hurt!Dean so there are two of my hot buttons for starters, but I'd say read this one for the dialogue. The Winchester interactions are so in character, and their voices are fabulous. I'm always envious of people who can write banter like this. Plus the three Fates are so wonderfully brought to life almost solely through their verbal interactions - acerbic, rambling, imapatient and a lot of fun.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,852
Warnings: Character deaths.
Author's Notes: Begins about one year after the season 13 finale. Some references to 5x04.
Summary: Birthdays are also anniversaries.
Winchester heartbreak in the best possible way - the writing is beautifully crafted, simple, full of foreshadowing and simply lovely. A sad/happy ending that had me in tears.
Winchester heartbreak in the best possible way - the writing is beautifully crafted, simple, full of foreshadowing and simply lovely. A sad/happy ending that had me in tears.
I'll probably add a few more to this.
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Date: 2018-09-28 01:14 am (UTC)Which means you're either the best beta ever, or the absolute worst... ;-)
Thanks again!
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